Happy President’s Day, everyone!

George Washington named his dogs Drunkard, Taster, Tipsy, Tipler and Sweetlips.

President Coolidge’s wife had a Raccoon named Rebecca.

Both George Washington and James Madison’s wives, Martha and Dolly, respectively, had parrots.

Thomas Jefferson had a pet mockingbird.

John Quincy Adams had one of the most dangerous pets: an alligator that had been gifted to him by the Marquis de Lafayette. His wife, Louisa, kept silkworms as pets.

Rutherford Hayes, in a way, introduced the Siamese cat breed to America, since he was the first to own one of the exotic cats.

Theodore Roosevelt practically had a zoo on the White House grounds. Most notably: snakes, badger, lion, hyena, zebra, and five bears. And that is not counting the “normal” pets, like the dogs, cats, horses, birds, rats and guinea pigs.

Woodrow Wilson had sheep as groundskeepers. They took care of the grass, but who took care of the sheep droppings?